tru·an·cy

(tro͞o′ən-sē)

n. pl. tru·an·cies

1. The absence of a child from school without permission.

2. The neglect of work or duty

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tru•an•cy

(ˈtru ən si)

n., pl. -cies.

1. the act or state of being truant.

2. an instance of being truant.

[1775–85]

ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Noun

truancy - failure to attend (especially school)

hooky

nonattendance - the failure to attend

truancy

noun absence, shirking, skiving (Brit. slang), malingering, absence without leave Schools need to reduce levels of truancy.

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truancy

noun

An unexcused absence:

cut, truantry.

Informal: hooky.

Translations

تَغَيُّب عن المَدْرَسَه

chození za školu

pjækkeri

Schwänzerei

iskolakerüléslógás

skróp

assenza ingiustificata

skulk

záškoláctvo

okuldan kaçma

旷课逃学

truancy

[ˈtrʊənsɪ] N → ausencia f sin permiso

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

truancy

[ˈtruːənsi] n → absentéisme m (scolaire)

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

truancy

n → (Schule)schwänzen nt, → unentschuldigtes Fehlen (in der Schule) (form), → (Schul)schwänzerei f (inf)

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truancy

[ˈtrʊənsɪ] n (Scol) → assenze fpl ingiustificate

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

truant

(ˈtruənt) noun

someone who stays away from school etc without permission. The truants were caught and sent back to school.

ˈtruancy noun

Truancy is a great problem in some schools.

play truant

to be a truant and stay away from school etc. He was always playing truant (from school).

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References in classic literature

Welland condoned her truancy, having that very morning won her over to the necessity of a long engagement, with time to prepare a hand-embroidered trousseau containing the proper number of dozens.

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Figures obtained in a BBC investigation shows councils in our region handed out almost 2,500 fines for unauthorised holidays and truancy in the last academic year.

Parents pay the price as thousands of fines issued

Truancy is a key indication of how well a school is attracting, keeping, and serving students' education needs.

Understanding in-school truancy: it may not be the student--but the curriculum, teacher, and pedagogy that is perpetuating truancy

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Don't Fence Me In: Essays on the Rational Truant

In Dallas County, four districts participate in a specialized truancy court system created in 2003.

Texas truancy law challenged

LIVERPOOL has the country's second worst school truancy record, running at 9.6%.

Let's not label all kids lazy truants

A CLAMPDOWN on truancy found 29 children in a city centre with their parents or guardians in just four hours.

Truants found with parents

ERIC Descriptors: Truancy; High School Students; Discipline; Recidivism; Prevention; At Risk Students; Grade 9; Public Schools

High School Disciplinary Responses to Student Truancy: Findings from a National Sample